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Milwaukee Electric Railway Ticket Collector

Date: 1917
Description: A ticket collector for the Milwaukee Electric Railway is sitting at her station.
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Edward A. Birge

Date: 1917
Description: Edward A. Birge and Chancey Juday with plankton trap in Lake Mendota. From album of photographs relating to the research in limnology conducted at Trout La...
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Farmer's Market

Date: 1917
Description: Exterior view of the Municipal Market, which was built in 1910 but not operated successfully until July 1917 when it was run by a group of women from the D...
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Pig Freight Car on the Soo Line

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people standing in front of a Soo Line freight car that was used by the railroad to promote hog transportation. This photograph was donated to the...
Postcard

Milwaukee County Alms House

Date: 1917
Description: The Milwaukee County Alms House. Caption reads: "Milwaukee County Alms House, Wauwatosa, Wis."
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Locomobile Cabriolet

Date: 1917
Description: A 1917 Locomobile Cabriolet parked in a residential neighborhood. Its body was produced by the W.S. Seaman Company.
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Moline Knight

Date: 1917
Description: A 1917 Moline-Knight, the body of which was created by the W.S. Seaman Company.
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House on Iota Court

Date: 1917
Description: View looking down towards the house at 150 Iota Court, built in 1911-1912 from local sandstone for the Chi Psi fraternity.
Postcard

King Street

Date: 1917
Description: Colorized view of King Street as seen from the Capitol grounds. Caption reads: "Looking Toward King Street from the Capitol, Madison, Wis."
Postcard

King Street

Date: 1917
Description: Colorized view of King Street as seen from the Capitol grounds. Caption reads: "View from New State Capitol, looking East, Madison, Wis."
Postcard

Dunlap Square

Date: 1917
Description: View toward the wide square, with automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles. Pedestrians are on the sidewalks and in the street. Caption reads: "Dunlap Square, ...
Postcard

Hall Avenue

Date: 1917
Description: View down avenue. There is a woman in the street in the left foreground, and behind her is a pavilion. An automobile is going down the street, and commerci...
Postcard

Marinette County Insane Asylum

Date: 1917
Description: View down unpaved road toward the front of the asylum. Caption reads: "Marinette County Insane Asylum, Marinette, Wis."
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Wisconsin Highway Sign

Date: 1917
Description: These two signs located along the route of Wisconsin State Trunk Highway 15 and 16 indicate the presence of a culvert. Beginning in 1917 Wisconsin pioneer...
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German Reformed Church

Date: 1917
Description: Exterior of the German Reformed Church.
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Highway Trailer Factory

Date: 1917
Description: Original factory of the Highway Trailers Company in Edgerton. Beginning in 1909 the factory was the site of a wagon works, but in 1917 it made a rather ty...
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University Drive

Date: 1917
Description: A wooded view of University Drive.
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Jenk and Dick with Bikes

Date: 1917
Description: Jenkin and Dick Lloyd Jones stand with their bicycles on Walker Court.
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Group with Toy Boat

Date: 1917
Description: A group standing on a Lake Monona pier with a large toy sail boat. Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones is at far left, his mother, Georgia Lloyd Jones stands to th...
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Bis and Friends

Date: 1917
Description: Florence (Bis) Lloyd Jones pushes a doll in a buggy with an unidentified girl with a doll walking alongside.

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